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Pittsburgh Steelers 21 at New England Patriots 17

Sunday, December 8, 1974

Pittsburgh Steelers 21, New England Patriots 17

1234Final
Pittsburgh Steelers (9-3-1)0127221
New England Patriots (7-6-0)730717

Scoring

PITNWE
1stNWEMack Herron 17 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (John Smith kick)07
2ndPITRoy Gerela 40 yard field goal37
PITFranco Harris 2 yard rush (kick failed)97
PITRoy Gerela 27 yard field goal127
NWEJohn Smith 20 yard field goal1210
3rdPITLynn Swann 7 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick)1910
4thPITSafety, Greenwood tackled Plunkett in end zone2110
NWEMack Herron 5 yard rush (John Smith kick)2117

Team Stats

PITNWE
First downs1612
Rush-yards-TDs46-184-132-79-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT10-18-86-1-18-18-127-1-1
Sacked-yards2-173-22
Net pass yards69105
Total yards253184
Fumbles-lost1-12-2
Turnovers23
Penalties-yards7-445-25

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Franco Harris PIT 29 136 1 0 1 4 0 0
Rocky Bleier PIT 12 42 0 0 1 8 0 0
Terry Bradshaw PIT 10 16 86 1 1 0 1 6 0 0
Frank Lewis PIT 3 39 0 0
Larry Brown PIT 4 28 0 0
Lynn Swann PIT 1 7 1 0
Steve Davis PIT 3 4 0 0
Joe Gilliam PIT 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 -4 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Mack Herron NWE 19 55 1 0 3 69 1 0
Jim Plunkett NWE 8 18 127 1 1 0 1 4 0 0
Randy Vataha NWE 2 35 0 0
Bob Adams NWE 2 23 0 0
John Tarver NWE 11 18 0 0 1 0 0 0
Joe Wilson NWE 1 2 0 0

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Jack Ham PIT 1 0 0 0
Reggie Harrison PIT 0 0 0 0 1 2 2.0 0 0
Lynn Swann PIT 0 0 0 0 2 11 5.5 0 0 2 32 16.0 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Mack Herron NWE 0 0 0 0 1 21 21.0 0 0
Eddie Hinton NWE 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Andy Johnson NWE 0 0 0 0 1 17 17.0 0 0
Prentice McCray NWE 1 0 0 0